Port of Last Resort : The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Marcia Reynders Ristaino wiesel Sold as a set

Sold as a set

laugh-out-loud funny

Rachel and the Meyers' lives begin to intertwine

”A poignant look at the trials and triumphs of young love in the shtetl

and ferried communiques to the outside world

Port of Last Resort : The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai - Marcia Reynders Ristaino wiesel Sold as a setThis book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities one Jewish, the other Slavic who found refuge in Shanghai between 1900 and 1950. Victims of discrimination and persecution in their own lands, they made Shanghai their destination because no documentation was required to enter the city and settle there. In their struggle to survive and build a life in this Chinese open port, they encountered severe political, social, economic,